Anne Arundel County Public School: SCHOOL SYSTEM ANNOUNCES INAUGURAL CLASS OF MO GABA POSITIVITY AND PERSEVERANCE AWARD WINNERS

Press release from Anne Arundel County Public School:

January 26, 2022

Ari Jarrett of Pasadena Elementary School, Gianna Bonnett of Jacobsville Elementary School, Selena Houck of Southern Middle School, and Lauryn Wilson of Meade High School are the first recipients of the annual Mo Gaba Positivity and Perseverance Awards. The video announcement of the winners was made today on the school system’s social media sites in celebration of Mo Gaba Day throughout Anne Arundel County Public Schools. The video can be found here.

The winners will be formally recognized and receive their award at the Board of Education’s next meeting on February 2, 2022. Their schools will receive a banner and $500 in the winner’s name to be used for a school initiative that promotes kindness and positivity. The monetary award is generously sponsored by the 21st Century Education Foundation.

Mosilla Kingsley “ Mo” Gaba was a student in AACPS whose health challenges never defeated his intellectual brilliance, positive attitude, fun-loving spirit, or his ability to make others smile and marvel at his resilience. In honor of this courageous student who physically left us too soon, the Mo Gaba Power of Positivity and Perseverance Award seeks to uphold Mo’s legacy by recognizing students who embody those characteristics.

More than 50 students were nominated by their schools for demonstrating exceptional capabilities to overcome obstacles and showing kindness and a positive attitude to change the lives of others.

2022 Mo Gaba Positivity and Perseverance Nominees

This press release was produced by Anne Arundel County Public School. The views expressed here are the author’s own.